A Minecraft Movie (2025)
48%
2.5/5
“Garrett zooming about Chuglass in a Trans Am, is a better Napoleon Dynamite character than anyone actually in that movie, and Henry using nerd powers to prove his bullies wrong has nothing to do with piglins, creepers, or orbs that are actually cubes.” –
Houston Press
Apr 11, 2025
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Gladiator II (2024)
70%
2.5/5
“Mescal is stoic, Pascal is tragic, and Nielsen is pointless, but Denzel is having a fucking blast. Nobody told him this was another redemptive revenge story, or if they did, he simply doesn't care.” –
Houston Press
Apr 5, 2025
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Wicked (2024)
87%
“It's inevitable, in a way, that the end result of what felt like years of press (but was really a mere 11 months) disappoints. Chu is shooting for a sprawling epic, earnest in its messaging, but it's mostly exhausting.
And we're only halfway there.” –
Houston Press
Apr 5, 2025
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The Order (2024)
92%
4/5
“Director Justin Kurzel mostly avoids comparison to current events — concentrating on the dissonance of violence among the serene surroundings — but the parallels are unavoidable nonetheless. ” –
Houston Press
Apr 5, 2025
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September 5 (2024)
93%
“As documentary-style cinema goes, it's top notch. Cigarettes in the studio! Tape spools! Walkie talkies! Secondary sources for news stories! Peter Jennings talking down to the sports team! It's all so quaint, yet still gripping.” –
Houston Press
Apr 5, 2025
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The Count of Monte Cristo (2024)
96%
3.5/5
“Even if some of the shot choices are a bit overwrought, The Count of Monte Cristo is a worthy epic. And hey, a climactic sword fight! You don't see many of those these days.” –
Houston Press
Apr 5, 2025
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Nosferatu (2024)
84%
3.5/5
“Eggers conducts his "Symphony of Horror" with such dead seriousness it threatens to veer into camp. How much you buy into it depends on your embrace of his aesthetic.
And rats. Lots of rats.” –
Houston Press
Apr 5, 2025
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A Complete Unknown (2024)
82%
3.5/5
“The Newport climax threatens to be a bit of a letdown, until the performances start. The opening piano chords to "Like A Rolling Stone" still give you chills 60 years after they first dropped. And the look of betrayal on those beatniks' faces...beautiful.” –
Houston Press
Apr 5, 2025
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The Damned (2024)
91%
3/5
“When gimmicks and jump scares have become the mainstream horror norm, a little 19th century spookery is just what the bloodletter ordered.” –
Houston Press
Apr 5, 2025
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Wolf Man (2025)
50%
2.5/5
“Whannell's approach wants to recall the dying humanity in the werewolf character that dates all the way back to Lon Chaney, Jr., but the marrying of ancient fears with modern tech that made <i>Invisible Man</i> so intriguing is completely missing here.” –
Houston Press
Apr 5, 2025
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Flight Risk (2025)
30%
1/5
“Wahlberg and Gibson have starred twice together (Daddy's Home 2 and Father Stu). There's a joke to be made here about Catholicism and paternal issues but laughing off anti-Semitism and violence against women doesn't seem so funny now, for some reason.” –
Houston Press
Apr 5, 2025
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The Gorge (2025)
63%
3/5
“Love in the time of <i>Cordyceps</i>.” –
Houston Press
Apr 5, 2025
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Last Breath (2025)
80%
3/5
“As Dad Movies go, this is still a good one. I can definitely see myself falling asleep on the couch to this some Sunday in the future.” –
Houston Press
Apr 5, 2025
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Novocaine (2025)
81%
3/5
“Berk and Olsen take the concept as far as they can, but as the drawn-out lead up to the action proves, there's not much to prop up the violence. Fortunately, in this case, violence is enough to carry the day.” –
Houston Press
Apr 5, 2025
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Freaky Tales (2024)
74%
3.5/5
“I was curious if the Gilman crowd's plan would backfire. Like, suddenly arming a bunch of former pacifists doesn't sound like a great strategy, but strength in numbers and all that. And watching Nazis get the shit kicked out of them never gets old.” –
Houston Press
Apr 5, 2025
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Trap (2024)
57%
2/5
“The highlight of the whole film might be the bit part played by Kid Cudi in absolute diva/bitch mode.” –
Houston Press
Nov 20, 2024
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The Instigators (2024)
41%
2.5/5
“It's fun to see Damon play an idiot (even if the "taking notes at a criminal conspiracy" line was ripped off from The Wire), but Chau is the only factor making this even a mild recommend.” –
Houston Press
Nov 20, 2024
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It Ends With Us (2024)
54%
2/5
“Whatever your issues with the source material, Hoover at least tried to dig into the generational cycle of abuse. Baldoni wants to couch all that in rom-com trappings, diluting the impact and ending up with something more mawkish than moving.” –
Houston Press
Nov 20, 2024
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Alien: Romulus (2024)
80%
2.5/5
“If Alvarez has leaned more into the horror of what takes place in the movie's final 20 minutes instead of fan servicing us, maybe we would've come away with a more original vision. As it is, Romulus is mostly pastiche, albeit a beautifully rendered one.” –
Houston Press
Nov 20, 2024
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
75%
3.5/5
“In the end, Death remains the Great Equalizer. We lose some beloved (and not so beloved) characters, as Lydia's isolation is replaced by something approaching satisfaction. It's about the best Gen X can hope for.” –
Houston Press
Nov 20, 2024
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My Old Ass (2024)
90%
3/5
“There's an Arrival-esque sense of inevitability to how the third act plays out. It's sad, but not overwhelmingly so, and stays true to Park's message: that seemingly trivial events can carry weight so immense we didn't realize it.” –
Houston Press
Nov 20, 2024
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Wolfs (2024)
67%
2/5
“Wolfs wants to be a Dad Movie but isn't kinetic or funny or violent enough to qualify. Speaking as a father myself, I'm not mad, just disappointed.” –
Houston Press
Nov 20, 2024
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The Outrun (2024)
82%
3/5
“Much of The Outrun is boilerplate recovery flick, and the ending — which invokes Rona's comments about feeling like she can control the weather — is a bit pat. It's really the unique setting and another powerhouse performance by Ronan that elevate it.” –
Houston Press
Nov 20, 2024
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Salem's Lot (2024)
46%
2.5/5
“It'd be nice to think we'll get a director's cut one day, but given the current ownership at Max, I wouldn't hold my breath. Because after three tries, maybe it's time to put a stake in the Lot once and for all.” –
Houston Press
Nov 20, 2024
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Smile 2 (2024)
86%
3.5/5
“But the same criticism of the first movie can be leveled here, and that's in how the numerous fake-outs and hallucinatory transitions cheapen some of Scott's more emotional scenes and render a good chunk of the third act incomprehensible.” –
Houston Press
Nov 20, 2024
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